Thats when I really fell in love with him.. Queen Victoria's crush. (Wikimedia Commons) During Queen Victoria's reign, it became an idyllic, upscale guesthouse, holding a similar reputation to Frogmore Cottage. The former pilot will leave Adelaide Cottage in 1952, after his divorce from Rosemary. Furthermore, Adelaide Cottage had such limited access to electricity that it could only support a vacuum cleaner and a small electric heater at any one time. It's very much a decision that's been led by the kids.'. A cottage orn, or "decorated cottage", it has a pinkish-white stucco exterior and ornamental roof trimmings.Historic England reports that the master bedroom features gilded dolphins and rope ornament originally used on the royal yacht, HMY Royal George, as well as a marble Greco-Egyptian fireplace. The Cambridges' new home Adelaide Cottage is a pretty Grade II listed four-bedroom home that was once home to Princess Margaret's lover Peter Townsend and was later allegedly offered by the Queen to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Townsend lived in the grace and favour property in the 1940s with his first wife Rosemary, so he could be on hand for the king in his role as equerry. Dr Gailey's role earned him an invite to the royal wedding in 2011 and the title of Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO), an honour in the Queen's gift. Thats when I really fell in love with him, In later years, she admitted: When he first appeared, I had a terrific crush on him.. And by that I mean. A year after the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018, it was earmarked as a home for the then-royals. Adelaide Cottage (formerly known as Adelaide Lodge) is a house in Windsor Home Park just east of Windsor Castle, in Berkshire. His housemaster Dr Andrew Gailey was an important source of support. It wasnt until after the Townsends divorced in 1952 and a famous moment during the Queens Coronation the following year when Margaret was seen tenderly removing a piece of fluff from Townsends lapel that the affair would become public knowledge. The prospectus quoted one parent as saying: 'It's the most magical place for our children to spend time, and they can often be seen rosy-cheeked and perfecting handstands, throwing balls or racing to the tree stumps.'. Four bedroom detached rental properties in Windsor with substantially less land are currently priced at anywhere between 3,000 to 5,750 a month. King George VI, pictured left with the then Princess Elizabeth, appointed war hero Townsend as his equerry and allowed him to stay in the cottage. But now, Adelaide Cottage will be the new home for Prince William and Kate Middleton and their three children, Charlotte, George and Louis. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are seeking a life away from the 'fishbowl' of their current official residence of Kensington Palace in London in a bid to put their children first and give the 'most normal' life possible. Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend was a Royal Air Force officer, and worked for the King, then in turn Her Majesty the Queen. By Harry Howard, History Correspondent For Mailonline, Published: 13:18 BST, 22 August 2022 | Updated: 15:40 BST, 23 August 2022. It was once home to Princess Margarets lover Peter Townsend, who lived in the grace and favour property in the 1940s with his first wife Rosemary to be on hand for the king in his role as equerry. The switch to Windsor also means the Cambridges will be near to the home of the Duchess's parents, the Middletons, who live 45-minutes away by car in the village of Bucklebury. In 2017 Daily Mail columnist Craig Brown revealed how a reader of his book about Margaret Maam Darling: 99 Glimpses Of Princess Margaret had unearthed fresh information which some might view as startling. In the spring of 1945, with our second child on the way, the King proposed that we should move our abode to a small grace and favor house, Adelaide Cottage, in the home park of Windsor Castle, Townsend wrote in his memoir, Time and Chance. The comments below have not been moderated. George and Charlotte will be day pupils for now. The royal couple will move to the Queen's Windsor estate Adelaide Cottage dates back to 1831 when it was built as a retreat for William IV's wife Queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, but it has quite . But their new home at Adelaide Cottage is nestled in the heart of the Crown Estate's Home Park, with much more scope for horse riding, walking the family dog and playing away from prying eyes. The Cambridges will use the pretty 19th century Adelaide Cottage as their base after the Queen gave them permission to lease the four-bedroom Grade II listed cottage, which belongs to the Crown Estate. Their new home of Adelaide Cottage is set upon the grounds of Windsor Great Park. The Good Schools Guide describes how youngsters get to 'run and run' in vast grounds with 'total freedom to explore, provided you've got your wellies on', with Lambrook's pastoral care described as excellent. Margarets love affair rocked the Establishment, but she put duty before desire when she called off plans to marry divorced Townsend in 1955. Adelaide cottage became the Townsends' first proper marital home after three years of marriage amidst the chaos of the Second World War. But they will also keep their 10-bedroom Norfolk country mansion Anmer Hall, which was a gift from the Queen, has a swimming pool and tennis court and underwent large-scale building work at their own cost. The Cambridges' new home Adelaide Cottage is a pretty Grade II listed four-bedroom home nestled in Windsor's Home Park. KP can be a little bit of a fishbowl. (Townsend, it seems, also contended with bad timing when it came to his upgrade requests: Roberts found that when the occupant of Adelaide Cottage requested central heating in the mid-1940s for his young familylikely Townsendthe Office of Works replied that it was impossible to contemplate such works at present while all our efforts are directed to the repair of bomb damage in London.) Adelaide received several upgrades in 1955 after Townsend moved out, and work continued throughout the decades. WATCH: Prince William reveals why he didn't like living with Prince Harry. On October 31, 1955, the Princess announced she and Townsend would not marry. With 620 pupils, it is a larger than average pre-prep and prep school but billed as not as pushy as its London counterparts, with some of its intake being bussed in from west London and Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey. Despite the allegations, it has never been clarified whether the couple were intimate before Townsends divorce. But its likely some old-world touches still remain: Much of the cottage was originally furnished with what one 1831 publication called chastely elegant furniture from the nearby Royal Lodge, and the grounds included an expansive garden. It was a three-month State tour of South Africa, from February 1947 on which the two princesses accompanied the King and Queen that pitched Townsend, 32, and Margaret, then nearly 17, into near-constant company. They will pay rent from their private account. Queen Victoria often visited the cottage for breakfast or tea, according to the Royal Collection Trust. Adelaide Cottage is one of many royal residences used by senior royals who wish to take a step away from the public eye and maintain privacy in their personal lives. Electricity was delivered to it via cables from Windsor Castle, but the current was so poor that only a vacuum cleaner and a small electric heater could be used at once. Its official: Prince William and Kate Middleton are moving. Overseas school trips include jaunts to France, Italy, Iceland and South Africa. It has a Diamond Jubilee performing arts studio, dance studio and sports hall, and a new 6 million Queen's Building for ICT and academic learning. The Daily Mail covered news of Princess Margaret's affair with Townsend in detail and also mentioned how they became close during the 1947 tour of South Africa. Princess Eugenie currently lives here with her husband Jack Brooksbank and their one-year-old son, August. Sometimes the King and Queen arrived to collect their daughters, more often Peter ran them home himself. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are moving to the Queen's Windsor estate to live at Adelaide Cottage with their three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, but their new family home has a surprising past, MORE:Prince William and Duchess Kate 'spend 2k' on new school uniforms for George, Charlotte and Louis - details. It sits next to another property called Adelaide Lodge, which is empty and inhabitable due to problems with it not being underpinned. 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And he went.. Townsend would then have been aged 32, whilst Margaret was 17. Royal commentator and former BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt added: 'A fourth home for the Cambridges is a reminder the royals don't suffer from the cost-of-living crisis and a looming recession in the same way as the rest of us. Prince Andrew, who lives nearby at Royal Lodge, was also thought to have had his eye on Adelaide Cottage for his younger daughter, Princess Eugenie, 32, her husband, Jack Brooksbank, and their baby son August. The move was completed. A reader sent him a letter claiming to have uncovered notes on official royal paper that requested Townsend and the Princess have adjoining bedrooms. William went on to board at Eton College, as did Prince Harry, for five years and it offered him a sanctuary when his parents were in the middle of an acrimonious divorce and provided stability in the difficult years that followed his mother's death. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. The bill amounts to 53,508's worth of fees in 2021-2022, not factoring in any potential sibling discount if available, fee increases or the cost of uniform or trips. Adelaide Cottage became the first proper marital home for Townsend and his wife after three years of wartime marriage though back then it was far from a glamorous proposition. There is a verandah with bargeboard eaves on the east side. For example, Roberts finds that for many years (until 1963) a waterfall descended the hill through a rockery behind the house; it was removed in an attempt to reduce the damp conditions within. More work was reported in the 1990s, and in 2015 its said the property underwent an extensive renovation. Adelaide Cottage was most recently home to Simon Rhodes, the son of the Queen's cousin and friend Margaret Rhodes. 'Sometimes the King and Queen arrived to collect their daughters, more often Peter ran them home himself. It was once home to Princess Margaret's lover Peter Townsend, who lived in the grace and favour property in the 1940s with his first wife Rosemary to be on hand for the king in his role as equerry. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will have drawn on their own experiences of education when choosing Lambrook as the next school for their three children. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. The comments below have not been moderated. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Not only that, her beloved King Charles spaniel, Dash, was buried in the grounds. Further evidence of the closeness of the pair when Townsend lived in the Windsor house came in Sarah Bradfords 2002 biography of the Queen. It is the first time a future king and spares to the heir have been signed up for the private day and weekly boarding school near Ascot in Berkshire, which prides itself on its academic success teamed with an outdoor lifestyle. Kate oversaw the major renovations, including the conversion of wood stores into accommodation for the nanny and the creation of a garden room. Their central London home, Apartment 1A at Kensington Palace, used to belong to Princess Margaret, and will remain their official working residence. It was refurbished at a cost of 4.5million to the taxpayer with a new roof and electrics, and the removal of asbestos. Adelaide Cottage ensures William and Kate are close to her parents Carole and Michael Middleton (left and centre), and sister Pippa Matthews (right, pictured together at Westminster Abbey last December) in Bucklebury, Berkshire. Prince William and Kate will move with their three children George, Charlotte and Louis to AdelaideCottage in Windsor and send them to the prestigious 21,000-a-year Lambrook School nearby, it was confirmed today. The Queen's sister considered marrying a divorced man. The four-bedroom property has a rich (and a bit scandalous) history. A year later, Margaret and Townsends romance became common knowledge after a small slip-up during the Queens Coronation. Fees cost 4,389 a term for Reception to Year 2 pupils such as Louis, 6,448 per term for Years 3-4 like Charlotte, and 6,999 per term for George through Years 5-8, with an additional 1,481 per term for boarding for Y3-8. Thats when I really fell in love with him.'. When Townsends second son was born, King George VI was named the boys godfather and the christening tea, with two princesses in attendance, was held at Adelaide. The couple had no children, so his successor Queen Victoria, who was just 18 years old, ascended the throne. Other benefits include neighbouring Windsor Great Park, which spans more than 5,000 acres, with its Long Walk leading up to Windsor Castle, deer park and woodland trails in the Valley Gardens. Satellite pictures show 100ft-long Chinese 'submarine of the skies' military blimp at secret desert military base, Hollywood's NHL battle! Other benefits include neighbouring Windsor Great Park, which spans more than 5,000 acres, with its Long Walk leading up to Windsor Castle, deer park and woodland trails in the Valley Gardens. The school's most important rule was to 'be kind'. William and Kate, both 40, who have been based at Kensington Palace since 2017, are said to want to give the youngsters a country upbringing and want to be closer to the Duchess's parents, Michael and Carole Middleton. Peter Townsendthe one-time great love of Princess Margaret, who caused a scandal when his relationship with the princess was revealed. Lambrook, a Christian school, prides itself on its high academic standards, with a pass rate of 100 per cent for the Common Entrance exam - taken by private school pupils as part of the selective admissions process at age 13. The south entrance is flanked by paired diagonally set chimneys with stepped bases, and the house has a porte-cochere, a canopied entrance to provide shelter. Townsend had mixed feelings about living in the Grade IIlisted historic home, which at the time was in need of renovation. He, of course, was the dashing RAF pilot and later equerry to King George VI who would precipitate a scandal, becoming the divorced lover of Princess Margaret. According to a source, the Queen offered the Grade-II listed property to Harry and Meghan as a gift shortly after they married. 'Their Royal Highnesses are hugely grateful to Thomas's Battersea where George and Charlotte have had a happy start to their education since 2017 and 2019 respectively and are pleased to have found a school for all three of their children which shares a similar ethos and values to Thomas's.'. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. The property was rebuilt more than 190 years ago as a cottage orne, or decorated cottage, for Queen Adelaide, the wife of William IV, to be used as a summer retreat. Sounds like quite the place to come home to. Uniforms consist of blue and green tartan kilts for girls and and navy corduroy trousers for boys, plus check shirts, navy pullovers and blue and green ties. But Townsend, an RAF pilot who fought in The Battle of Britain during World War Two, was happy and it became his first marital home with his wife Rosemary. Adelaide Cottage has been used as a grace-and-favour home for royal staff and family friends in recent years. According to Historic England, the public body which cares for Englands historic buildings and places, Adelaide Cottage is a picturesque two-storey stucco-faced dwelling with casement windows, and elaborate pierced bargeboards edging the roof. Adelaide Cottage is a 10-minute walk from the Queen's Windsor Castle residence. However, his and Margaret's relationship - which was depicted in Netflix series The Crown - was scuppered by the Royal Marriages Act, whichstated no member of the Royal Family was permitted to marry a divorcee while the ex-partner was still living. Sign up to The Royal Life newsletter to get your weekly dose of royal lifestyle inspiration, from the must-see fashion moments to sneak peeks into royal homes and wellness news. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. 'It's something they have thought long and hard about and this is a decision they have not taken lightly. The property, previously known as Adelaide Lodge, was constructed by Sir Jeffry Wyatville using materials from John Nashs Royal Lodge built for the indulgent Prince Regent. William and Kate will also give up their live-in Norland nanny, Maria Borrallo, for the first time when they move to Adelaide Cottage. Princess Elizabeth liked to chat with Rosemary, while Princess Margaret played with the children on the lawn and Peter Townsend, off duty, sat back in a deckchair. At the time, the Royal Marriages Act stipulated that no member of the royal family was allowed to marry a divorced person, if their ex-partner was still alive. During that time, Townsend was sent to the British Embassy in Brussels and Margaret was delivered an ultimatum by the Government. Sarah Bradfords 2002 biography of The Queen also recounted courtiers' claims that Margaret was spending a lot of time with the war veteran. Built in 1831 by Sir Jeffry Wyatville, the. In 1957, Margaret made the heartbreaking decision to end their relationship and, three years later, married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones. William and Kate will retain Kensington Palace's Apartment 1A, which was refurbished with 4.5million of taxpayers' money in 2013, as their official residence and their working base, which will continue to house their office staff. Margaret later told a confidante: 'We rode together every morning in that wonderful country, in marvellous weather. A source told The Sun: They were adamant they didnt want anything too showy or anything that needed renovating or extra security so as not to be a burden on the taxpayer. Back when it was built in 1831 by King William IV for his wife Queen Adelaide, the cottage was a day retreat for the royal couple. As a toddler, George went to Westacre Montessori School near the Cambridges' Norfolk home, Anmer Hall, while a young Charlotte went to Willcocks Nursery School, near Kensington Palace, in 2018, followed by Louis in 2021. Since then the cottage has been home to a host of well-connected dignitaries and courtiers, including most recently Simon Rhodes, son of the Queens cousin and best friend Margaret Rhodes, who died in 2016. The couple hired her in 2014 to help look after George when he was aged just eight months and she has lived with the family for almost nine years. Joe Little, managing editor of Majesty magazine, said: 'Relocating to Adelaide Cottage in the ultra-private Home Park at Windsor takes away the 'goldfish-bowl' aspect of the Cambridge family's life. 'Adelaide Cottage fits the bill because it is a four-bedroom home and they do not need any more as they have no live-in staff. There is a verandah with bargeboard eaves on the east side. A source claiming that Harry and Meghan had been offered Adelaide Cottage by the Queen said in 2018: 'There are seven gated entrances and exits to Windsor Castle so the newlyweds could come and go without worrying about being photographed.'. The couple allegedly went for a viewing and liked it but ultimately moved to Frogmore Cottage before quitting the UK entirely. The Cambridges' new home Adelaide Cottage is a pretty Grade II listed four-bedroom home that was lived in byPrincess Margaret's lover Peter Townsend and was later allegedly offered by the Queen to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Design [ edit] The cottage incorporates building materials of John Nash 's Royal Lodge from Windsor Great Park. The actual cottage was built in 1831 by King William IV for his wife Queen Adelaide. According to Historic England, the public body which cares for England's historic buildings and places, Adelaide Cottage is a 'picturesque' two-storey stucco-faced dwelling with casement windows, and elaborate pierced bargeboards edging the roof. Her beloved King Charles spaniel Dash, whom she would dress in a scarlet jacket and blue trousers, was buried there after his death in 1840. Lambrook's on-site orchard is home to pigs, chickens and rabbits, available to cuddle during tutor time wellbeing walks, bees with hives, and visiting lambs, and George and Charlotte will have an enrichment afternoon every Monday to complement their academic studies. Future king George, nine, and Charlotte, seven have left their current school Thomas's Battersea in London and four-year-old Louis be starting full-time education. Ben Thomas, principal of Thomas's London Day Schools, wished George and Charlotte 'every happiness and success' at their new school and thanked them and other leaving pupils for 'upholding the school's values and for their many contributions to school life throughout their time at Thomas's'.
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